endorsement

1. 1.

   a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

   “the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book”

   Synonymsindorsementblurb

   Broaderpromotion
2. 2.

   a speech seconding a motion

   “do I hear a second?”

   Synonymssecondsecondmentindorsement

   Broaderagreement
3. 3.

   formal and explicit approval

   “a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement”

   Synonymssanctioncountenanceindorsementwarrantimprimatur

   Broaderapproval

   NarrowerO.K.visanihil obstat
4. 4.

   a signature that validates something

   “the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement”

   Synonymsindorsement

   Broadersignature

   Narrowerblank endorsement
5. 5.

   the act of endorsing

   “a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements”

   Synonymsindorsement

   Broadersupport

   Narrowerauspices

Other forms of endorsement

plural

endorsements·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about endorsement

What does endorsement mean?

endorsement means "a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in endorsement?

endorsement has 3 syllables: en-dor-sement. The stress falls on "dor". In IPA it is /ɛnˈdɔɹsmənt/.

What is another word for endorsement?

Close synonyms include indorsement, blurb, second, secondment, indorsement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is endorsement a common word?

endorsement is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.